]]>http://1023blakefm.com/american-aquarium-wolves-album-review/feed/0Alysse GafkjenLuke Bryan, 'Crash My Party' – Album Reviewhttp://1023blakefm.com/luke-bryan-crash-my-party-album/
http://1023blakefm.com/luke-bryan-crash-my-party-album/#commentsWed, 14 Aug 2013 14:00:23 +0000Billy Dukeshttp://tasteofcountry.com/?p=190147Continue reading…]]>Luke Bryan plays it safe on 'Crash My Party,' his new album and the follow-up to the tremendously successful 'Tailgates and Tanlines.' With the exception of the infusion of hip-hop on two songs, there is little to differentiate the two projects.

]]>http://1023blakefm.com/luke-bryan-crash-my-party-album/feed/0Capitol NashvilleDarius Rucker, 'True Believers' – Album Reviewhttp://1023blakefm.com/darius-rucker-true-believers-album/
http://1023blakefm.com/darius-rucker-true-believers-album/#commentsFri, 24 May 2013 19:00:36 +0000Billy Dukeshttp://tasteofcountry.com/?p=176777Continue reading…]]>Darius Rucker sings with more energy than a nuclear power plant, but his new album 'True Believers' is safer than solar power. He captures the spirit of his live show -- one of the best in the business -- on each of the 12 tracks, but one yearns for for something unique and unexpected.

]]>http://1023blakefm.com/darius-rucker-true-believers-album/feed/0Kevin Winter, Getty ImagesAlbum Spotlight: Trace Adkins, 'Love Will …' – ToC Critic's Pickhttp://1023blakefm.com/trace-adkins-love-will/
http://1023blakefm.com/trace-adkins-love-will/#commentsTue, 14 May 2013 13:30:18 +0000Billy Dukeshttp://tasteofcountry.com/?p=174710Continue reading…]]>The idea behind Trace Adkins' new album 'Love Will ...' makes so much sense you almost wonder why he hadn't done it sooner. This collection of love songs is as obvious as the tagless T-shirt, yet for years we went without both.

]]>http://1023blakefm.com/trace-adkins-love-will/feed/0Granger Smith, 'Dirt Road Driveway' – Album Reviewhttp://1023blakefm.com/granger-smith-dirt-road-driveway/
http://1023blakefm.com/granger-smith-dirt-road-driveway/#commentsFri, 19 Apr 2013 13:00:26 +0000Billy Dukeshttp://tasteofcountry.com/?p=170098Continue reading…]]>If you look back over Granger Smith's early album covers, you'll find that he presented himself as a hat act. Sonically he's come a long way since those efforts, with his latest album 'Dirt Road Driveway' falling squarely in the singer-songwriter sub-genre of country music. It's an album that would sound best at a coffee house, not a honky tonk.

]]>http://1023blakefm.com/granger-smith-dirt-road-driveway/feed/0Granger SmithRandy Houser, 'How Country Feels' – Album Reviewhttp://1023blakefm.com/randy-houser-how-country-feels-album/
http://1023blakefm.com/randy-houser-how-country-feels-album/#commentsTue, 22 Jan 2013 19:30:45 +0000Billy Dukeshttp://tasteofcountry.com/?p=150203Continue reading…]]>Randy Houser comes in from the edges of country music with his third album 'How Country Feels' -- his first on new label Stoney Creek Records. The singer wrote just seven of the project's 15 cuts, but employed many of Nashville's top songwriters to help with the others.

]]>http://1023blakefm.com/randy-houser-how-country-feels-album/feed/0Stoney Creek RecordsTaylor Swift, 'Red' – Album Reviewhttp://1023blakefm.com/taylor-swift-red-album-review/
http://1023blakefm.com/taylor-swift-red-album-review/#commentsSat, 20 Oct 2012 15:00:49 +0000Billy Dukeshttp://tasteofcountry.com/?p=130656Continue reading…]]>Taylor Swift's new album, 'Red,' doesn't provide much to quiet the haters who will forever accuse her of being "too pop." It's inaccurate to say she leans that way on most of the 16 new songs. That tower in Pisa leans. Swift is in a pike position diving toward sugary waters.

]]>http://1023blakefm.com/taylor-swift-red-album-review/feed/0Big Machine RecordsZac Brown Band, 'Uncaged' – Album Reviewhttp://1023blakefm.com/zac-brown-band-uncaged/
http://1023blakefm.com/zac-brown-band-uncaged/#commentsTue, 10 Jul 2012 12:30:38 +0000Billy Dukeshttp://tasteofcountry.com/?p=106788Continue reading…]]>On paper, ‘Uncaged’ should not work as an album, let alone a country music album. The new release from Zac Brown Band redefines “something for everybody.” Country, reggae, bedroom R&B… Brown and his ever-growing motley crew stretch the Nashville sound further than any other artist. If they weren’t so talented, this project would fall apart long before the title-track.